This article explains the unemployment rates and tax increases going on in America with Obama being president. It states that our economy has been increasing since the devastating Great Depression in the 1920s.

Back in October the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that private sector establishments added 104,000 jobs last month. Meaning overall employment rose by 114,000. Creating perfect competition. Perfect competition is an industry structure in which there are many firms, each small relative to the industry, producing identical products and in which no firm is large enough to have any control over prices. In perfectly competitive industries, new competitors can freely enter and exit the market. This means there is hope for new companies arising from citizens in America wanting to start their own business. Which is what America is all about. Now Obama wants to cut the taxes for small business owners and such. This brings great opportunities to small business owners; it is hard enough to have to worry about the fixed cost, variable cost, and total cost when starting a business. It is hard to be an entrepreneur but with Obama's help hopefully it'll be easier and go far.

Fixed cost is any cost that does not depend on the firms' level of output. Variable cost is a cost that depends on the level of production chosen. Total cost is the total fixed costs plus total variable costs.

Obama also wants to cut down the taxes for middle class families. This he says will prevent families from having to have a $2,200 tax increase for next year. In my opinion this country's economy is bound to go down the hill. It may sound really negative but by the way things are going for example the United States helping their "allied" countries out in difficult times yet having a war of their own toward terrorism just makes me think of...

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...be stated positively and in the declarative form.
Define the general objective or main problem and the specific objective(s) or sub-problem(s) you are trying to answer or resolve. State these such that they are definitely and clearly related to the data obtained.
B. Significance of the Project
State why the study or project is worth making and how it can contribute to you as an individual, to your community and to your country.
C. Feasibilty of Research:
1. How much time will the project take?
2. Do you have access to participants, sources, instruments, etc.
3. What are the budgetary considerations?
4. What is the extent of your knowledge and experience in the area?
Format of Project Write-Up
The format of the project write-up should conform with the following guidelines:
1. Printed on 8 ½ X 11 in paper with the following margins:
Top : 1”
Bottom : 1”
Left : 1.5”
Right : 1.25
2. Typed using 12-point Arial font
3. Title in bold capital letters and centered on the page width
4. Text typed in single space...

...Speech Assignment Five
Type of speech: Persuasive
Persuasive type: Question of policy
Time limits: 6-7 minutes
Visual aid: Required
Typed outline: Required
Bibliography: Required
Copy of Sources Used: 4 Required
Assignment Synopsis:
This is the most important speech of the semester. Start early and work really hard on this one. Students are to present a 6-7 minute persuasive speech on a current, controversial topic of state, regional, national, or international importance. The topic should contain from two to three designed points to persuade the audience to accept your thesis, and should contain at least 4 different sources and 3 types of supporting material (examples, statistics, narratives, testimony). The instructor must approve your topic.
Sources:
Four sources are required to incorporate in your speech. You may use more than four, but not less. These sources must be verbally cited during speech delivery. Use either paraphrasing or a direct quotation to verbally document your research. Each source that is listed on your bibliography MUST be verbally mentioned within your speech. Use different types of sources in your speech, such as: a website, book, magazine, newspaper, interview, etc. Copy the page out of the book, magazine, website, etc. that will be used in the speech. Highlight any...

...A Brief Guide to Successful
Public Speaking
You can use this guide to prepare for your fi rst speech and
as a checklist for all the speeches you give in your public
speaking class. You can also use the guide as a handy
reference for speeches you give aft er college.
Presenting a speech involves six basic stages:
1. Determining your purpose and topic (Chapter 4)
2. Adapting to your audience (Chapter 5)
3. Researching your topic (Chapter 6)
4. Organizing your ideas (Chapter 8)
5. Practicing your speech (Chapter 12)
6. Presenting your speech (Chapter 12)
Th ese stages blend together—they’re integrated parts
of a whole, not discrete units. For example,
■ As you’re analyzing your audience (stage 2),
you revise your topic focus (stage 1).
■ What you fi nd out about your audience (stage 2) will
infl uence how you research your topic (stage 3).
■ When practicing your speech (stage 5), you may
decide that the fl ow of your ideas won’t work for
your audience (stage 2), so you go back and
modify the organization of your ideas
(stage 4).
Although public speaking may seem to be all about
presenting, most of a successful speaker’s work takes place
behind the scenes, well before the speaking event. Let’s go
through each activity in the speechmaking process.
1. Determine Your Purpose and Topic
a. Decide on your overall goal, or the general purpose
of your speech.
• First...

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Good morning respected Principal, teachers and students. I stand here in front of you all today, being bolder and more debonair than ever before. It is because you have given me power to run and be part of this school’s engine. I stand with pride as the new School Captain of this prestigious institution. You have given me strength to be as sturdy as an oak and tell everyone with panache that it is me who the entire body feels capable enough to shoulder this great task ahead.
But I want to question you about something as well. Have you chosen me for no reason? Of course not. We consider giving our precious vote only to those chosen few whom we lay full trust on. Your votes stood by my side throughout this campaign. I thank each one of you integrally for that. I feel fully for all my worthy opponents who made this election what it was. One filled with suspense and jitteriness right till this day. Thank you so much for being competition.
This day will be written down in the books of our school for it received yet another new bunch of student leaders for the budding academic year, the head of which I am. Your strong support and blissful benevolence have resulted in this. I know I can take this very well. I know we can work towards a better school experience. I know I can see that smile on two thousand faces the day I graduate and say goodbye to you all. The only thing we need to do, is go hand-in-hand each step of...

...What if a speaker had an important topic that they needed to get across to their audience? How would the speaker go about it and what type of speech would the speaker choose. Well chapter 13 contents the creative process for informative speaking. What informative speaking is how to choose a focused informative topic, how to conduct a research and informative outline? The chapter also contains how to organize the body, introduction, and conclusion of the informativespeech. Lastly chapter 13 contents explain how to prepare to present the speech and evaluate and informative speech.
In order to make a well informative speech the speaker needs to be logical and purposeful. There are five steps to achieve a well-spoken speech. The first step is starting, then researching, next is creating, presenting, and listening and evaluating.
Part of starting a informative speech will be knowing what an informative speech is. The informative speech is giving audience completely new knowledge, skills, or understanding about a topic. as well increases current knowledge, skills, or understanding. Most informative speeches also describe, explain, or instruct. An inform speech can also report.
Next the way that a speaker starts their speech is getting to know the audience and situation. By knowing the place a speaker will most likely...

...Persuasive
Speech
Speaking out to persuade others . . .
From Reading to Writing Martin Luther King, Jr.’s
powerful “I Have a Dream” speech helped convince
Congress to pass landmark civil rights legislation. It
also continues to influence people of all ages to
believe in and work to achieve their personal dreams.
Persuasive
Speech
Speaking out to persuade others . . .
Persuasive speeches such as Dr. King’s can move
listeners to tears and inspire them to move mountains.
Politicians, advertisers, and businesspeople—and
those students who want more input into school policy,
later curfews, or a bigger allowance—all use
persuasive speeches to help them reach their goals.
Basics in a Box
GUIDELINES & STANDARDS
Persuasive Speech
Content
A successful persuasive speech should
• open with a clear statement of the
issue and your opinion
• show clear reasoning
• be geared to the audience you’re trying
to persuade
• include strategies such as frequent
summaries to help listeners remember
your message
• provide facts, examples, statistics, and
reasons to support your opinion
• end with a strong restatement of your
opinion or a call to action
• answer opposing views
Delivery
A successful presenter should
• convey enthusiasm and confidence
• stand with good, but relaxed, posture
and make eye contact with the
audience
• include gestures and body language
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• incorporate visual...

...Speech to Entertain: An Overview
The primary purpose of a speech to entertain is to have the audience relax, smile and enjoy the occasion. The speech should have a central theme or a focus. A series of jokes will NOT work well for this type of speech. Good speeches to entertain typically mix humor with more serious morals, lessons learned, or experiences. In other words, they have a real point to make… they are not just silly, slapstick humor. You can tell a lighthearted, personal story that reveals a life lesson you’ve learned or examine a familiar subject from a different and unexpected viewpoint or take a lighthearted look at a particular issue. Example: Summer jobs: “Summer jobs for high schoolers: The daily diary of the American Nightmare.”
Additional suggestions for the composition and delivery of after dinner speeches are as follows:
1. Carefully select an interesting, timely, and appropriate topic. Having something familiar in the talk that the audience can relate to will enhance listener interest.
2. Build your speech around a central theme, moral, or idea.
3. Support your main point or central theme with colorful stories, narrative and examples.
4. Be imaginative and creative when delivering your talk. Few speeches demand more imagination and creativity than the speech to entertain.
5. Be positive and good-natured when delivering your talk—irony and sarcasm...